In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Drayton Parslow like this:
DRAYTON-PARSLOW, a parish in Winslow district, Bucks; 2¼ miles ESE of Swanbourne r. station, and 4½ E by N of Winslow. It has a post office under Bletchley-Station. Acres, 1, 680. Real property, £2, 466. Pop., 468. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. B. Spurrel. The church has a tower, and is tolerable. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and a recently-erected school.
Drayton Parslow through time
Drayton Parslow is now part of Aylesbury Vale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aylesbury Vale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Drayton Parslow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Drayton Parslow, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6103
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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